CHATHAM, N.J. – Parents of students at Chatham Middle School are calling on the board of education to eliminate lessons on Islam from the 7th grade social studies curriculum they believe proselytizes the religion.
“In the Middle East and North Africa unit of the class
students are taught about the five pillars of Islam in great detail, there are two videos on it, a 20-page PowerPoint presentation, class work, homework, and testing,” parent Libby Hilsenrath told the board. “In this unit,
there is no mention of any other religion or teaching of it.
Hilsenrath went over many of the objectionable homework assignments with board members in detail, including lessons that
require students to memorize and write the Islamic conversion prayer.http://eagnews.org/nj-public-school-teaches-islam-but-no-other-religions/
